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Culpeper Branch Prospect

Occurrence in Albemarle county in Virginia, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093821
MRDS ID W031238
Record type Site
Current site name Culpeper Branch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -78.43055, 38.01922 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Relative position ABOUT 3.2 KM (2 MI) N 77 DEG W OF SHADWELL AND 2 KM (1.3 MI) EAST OF CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Albemarle(county)

Virginia(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charlottesville East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charlottesville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rivanna(hydrologic unit)

James(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Chesapeake(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Virginia Albemarle

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 100 M (328 FT) SW OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE INTERSTATE 64 EASTBOUND EXIT RAMP WITH U.S. ROUTE 250, ON THE EAST SLOPE OF A HILL LEADING DOWN TO CULPEPER BRANCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Rock unit name Catoctin Formation
    Rock description Catoctin Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -78.43055, 38.01922
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Sw Trend, Blue Ridge Anticlinorium

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Within A Quartz Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Univ. Of Va. Geology Dept.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: THIS OCCURRENCE IS OF DOUBTFUL ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON, W.A., 1962, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY: VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES BULLETIN 77, 92 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT WAS EXPOSED DURING CONSTRUCTION OF INTERSTATE 64. THE SITE IS PRESENTLY COVERED BY VEGETATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Beaulieu, Harvey R. (Le Van, D. C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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